Furniture fender



July 31; 1923.

C. D. DYE' FURNITURE FENDER Filed Feb. 26, 1927 Fla. 3,

INVENTOR 1 C2075. 9. 1 W i ATTORNEY Patented July 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES CLAYTON D. DYE, O DENVER, COLORADO.

rumuruan FENDER.

Application filed February 26, 1927. Serial No. 171,218.

My invention relates to fenders'for covering the corners or edges of furniture, to protect same from injury, and to prevent dama e to wearing apparel from such corners or e es.

ince the use of silk has become so common for practically all articles of womens apparel, the condition of office furniture has assumed an importance hitherto unknown.

Silk stocking, silk petticoats, s11k skirts, dresses and suits are now the rule more than the exception. p 7

It is well known that silk is pecuharly susceptible to damage especially by any con- 15 tact that will tend to start a run in the fab- The roughened, gouged, chipped, or s lintered corner or edge of a desk, table or c air, will ruin a pair of silk stocklngs, for

an instance, by only a few light contacts.

The same applies to a silk petticoat, skirt, dress, or suit.

Where a chair is used with a desk or table for any length of time, it will be found that the chair seat by repeated impacts against the uprights of the desk or table, will produce roughened areas enerally at the corners of the desk or table uprights on either side of the chair position.

Often the uprights are not only roughened, but may be deeply dented, gouged, splintered or chipped.

4 When a swivel chair is used and it is pro vided with a back, the back generally pro- 5 duces otherrou h corners or areas when it is swung aroun against the desk or table.

The object of my invention is to provide a protective fender which may be easily attached to furniture, which W111 protect the 40 corners or edges from injury due to contact between different articles of furniture, and which has no sharp or rough edges or projections of any kind that could in any way m'ure the finest silk fabric. 5 n the drawings :Figure 1 shows a plan view of in furniture fender. Figure 2 shows a section of the fender on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, together with a section 'of a uprightof a desk or table. Figure 3 shows a portion of a table provided with my fenders, and r I Figure 4 shows a section of a modified form of my fender.

The fender may be made of any desired I. length, or may be supplied in various lengths as shown, to fit different places on furniture, or to fit furniture of various dimensions.

' The fender 1 may be made of either metallic or non-metallic sheet material, and, is provided'with holes 2, to receive the screws 3, for attaching the fender to furniture.

The screws 3 are to be of the countersunk head variety and the holes 2 are countersunk to receive the screw heads so that there will be no protruding edge or point of any kind, under or upon which cloth might catch and be injured.

When the fender is made of thin material the countersink for the screw head will make the metal surrounding the hole 2 ioject below the surface of the reverse si e 4 of the fender.

The inner end 5 of the fender is therefore v bent inward a distance that is greater than the amount of this projection about the hole 2, so that the edge 11 will be the first to contact with the upright 8.

The outer end of the fender is formed into a roll 6, which circles about the corner 7 of the upright 8 and meets the outer face 9 of the upnght 8 at an angle of approximately so that there is no chance for any cloth to, be caught and injured by the edge 10 of {the fender.

When the screws 3 are put in place, the fender contacts with the upright 8 at the point 12 and the edge 11.

This causes the edge 11 to press tightly against the upright so that no, material can catch under it and be damaged in any way.

Before the screws 3 are put in place, the

The fender 1' is placed to cover the horizontal corner of the table which is often roughened by the back or arms of the chair, especially if a swivel chair is used. 1

In Figure 2 it will be noticed that the line 15 shows clearly that no harm can come from the heads of the screws 3 even if they are not sunk flush or lower than flush with the surface of the fender.

In Figure 4 the outer end 16 of the fender is folded back to insure a straight smooth edge 10 for fitting closely against the upright 8. This form is favored when the fender is made of quite thin material.

There are various other places where it may be found advisable to use my fender, but the illustrations shown are sutficient to make clear its application, installation and benefits.

The construction shown is my preferred form of fender, sheet material being used'in order to make the cost low and the sales price so reasonable that desk workers will consider it a cheap and simple necessity for the proper protection of their clothes.

However, it is obvious that the fender may be made of heavier or cast construction, with the countersink for the screws 2 in the fender itself instead of projecting onits reverse side as shown; the roll 6 may be made solid instead of hollow, and the fender may be made to fit the cornerof the furniture either more or less closely than shown; and various other modifications may be made. in the fender without departing from the spirit of my invention.

So I do not wish to confine the construction to the exact forms shown, but what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is as follows 1. A furniture fender adapted to cover an edge formed by two faces on an article of furniture and composed of a strip of sheet material, the two longitudinal edges of which are adapted to contact with the two faces, the fender formed to have a second contact with one of said faces parallel to and spaced from its longitudinal edge and having a series of mounting screw holes therebetween, and formed to an arc extending from said second contact clearing the furniture edge and terminating in the other longitudinal edge of the fender.

2. A furniture fender composed of a strip of sheet material with parallel longitudinal edges, adapted to contact along said edges with the two faces forming a corner 011 an article of furniture, the fender formed to have a second longitudinal contact with one of said faces between the fender edge contacting on that face and the said corner, the fender formed to curve about said corner and to be spaced therefrom and provided with a longitudinal series of holes to receive mounting screws located between the second contact and the longitudinal fender edge contacting against the same face,

3.-A furniture fender composed of a strip of sheet material with parallel longitudinal edges, adapted to contact along'said edges with the two faces forming a corner on an article of furniture, and having a second longitudinal contact with one of said faces spaced from the fender edge contacting withthat face, and provided with a series of longitudinally spaced holes for mounting screws between the two contacts with that face, the fender being formed to are about the said corner between the second contact and the fender edge contacting with the other face, and spaced from the said corner.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

CLAYTON D. DYE. 

